A wave of unpleasantness brought on by another person gave me much to work with this morning. It was hard not reacting to what at first appeared to be a very unjust eruption. The mind got going, and thoughts of all kind streamed in. Angry thoughts, hateful thoughts, annoyed thoughts, sad thoughts, I watched them all, and the pain from heart closing also.
Half way through, I remembered Ayya Khema's admonition:
'No matter what, don't blame the trigger'
The angry one that I want to push away is just that. A trigger pointing to unresolved issues of my own. Sitting still, contemplating the whole mess, I started to see with great clarity the attachments, the hindrances, the ignorance. And I understood a little bit more what love means. Letting the other have his anger, not jumping to quick judgments, not being attached to the idea of peace, and keeping the heart door open, regardless.
Just a wave . . .
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How often are we the other party, and they did not show any displeasure giving us the fake confidence that we are not a similar problem as well? We are them, and there is no dividing line, unless of course...you're perfect.
ReplyDeleteI was speaking to me, I needed the reminder.
ReplyDeleteSharing this on FB this morning. Pertinent to a discussion we are having. Thanks.
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